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moniss

(8,904 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 05:56 PM 21 hrs ago

The projected speech length takes

Crumb the 1st into the same sphere as Hitler. His hero and "leitgeist" (guiding spirit). The long speeches were meant to:

"instill the Hitler myth deeply into the hearts of the faithful".

Think about all of these "rallies" Crumb the 1st constantly held around the country and how deeply indoctrinated into the cult of personality those people became. Some willingly, some gradually but in the end not unlike Nuremberg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_rallies

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The projected speech length takes (Original Post) moniss 21 hrs ago OP
The only thing is mercuryblues 21 hrs ago #1
only the 20-25% cult Roc2020 20 hrs ago #2
It will be very short. usonian 20 hrs ago #3

mercuryblues

(16,306 posts)
1. The only thing is
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:10 PM
21 hrs ago

the more he gish gallops, the more people turn away from him.

I want him to go on for 2 hours, gives him time to melt down in prime time.

usonian

(24,436 posts)
3. It will be very short.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 06:50 PM
20 hrs ago

Teleprompter breaks.

He has to resort to a written speech.

Says:



AND CAN'T FIND IT.

Resorts to authentic frontier gibberish until the lights go out.

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